Determination of the copy number of the nuclear rDNA and beta-tubulin genes of Pneumocystis carinii f. sp. hominis using PCR multicompetitors

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 368-372

  Nahimana, Aimable ^a   Francioli, Patrick ^a   Blanc, Dominique S ^a   Bille, J ^a   Wakefield, Ann E ^b   Hauser, Philippe M ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Co infection; Epidemiology; Molecular typing; Multicopy; Pneumonia; Quantitative PCR; Variable genomic region

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN GENE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE COPY NUMBER; GENE DUPLICATION; INTRON; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; RIBOSOMAL DNA;

PNEUMOCYSTIS; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PNEUMOCYSTIS JIROVECII;

EID: 0033906475     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2000.tb00062.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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